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that opened last week and did very well at the box office. It's an indie movie from Scottish director Charlotte Wells, about a father and a daughter. Starring Paul Mescal. It's a beautiful story set in the 90s. It's unique in the way it tells the story of a memory.
People are really showing out for the film despite it being a smaller production. Last weekend screenings were sold out in L.A. and New York even though the publicity is mostly, critics' reviews and people hyping it up on Twitter. It gives me a little hope that there's still an audience out there for smaller films.
If you want to check out my favorite Leslie Jordan performance, you can find it streaming on Peacock. It is in, which is a play written and directed by Del Shores that was filmed in 2013. It's about growing up gay in the evangelical church. And of course, the play is somewhat predictable, preaching to the choir, I guess. But it's got some great performances that really sell it. Two of those performances include Dale Dickey and Leslie Jordan.
He is profoundly moving in this play. But mostly he is just authentic, natural, being himself in a way that a lot of gay men never achieve. He was a mensch. He is going to be missed but he's got this performance on Peacock to remember him by.Essie Davis as Nancy Bradley in episode"The Murmuring" of Guillermo del Toro's